Recipes and Health and Wellbeing
Recipes
A few decades ago I had a food business which included a catering arm and last year, at the suggestion of our friends, had another stint for six months cooking for busy families and friends, cooking and delivering dinners four nights each week (we created a fun brand “Dinner on your Doorstep” which I used) – it wasn’t big but I would cook for between 6 and 18 each night from our home kitchen.
The recipes are simply for meals that I enjoy cooking for friends and family. I love tasty food so if you do, have a crack and hopefully enjoy. Some of the dishes take a bit of time, a couple are a bit more complex but the intro to each dish will certainly give you a “heads up”.
Plan is for me to add to the list of recipes over time.
Enjoy and Bon Appetit!
Our recipes
- Vietnamese minced pork with rice and Vietnamese salad
- Leek and mushroom risotto
- Simple stir fried tuna with rice
- Warm lamb, chickpea and pumpkin salad with goat's cheese
- Thai red chicken curry with lime and basil
- Beef stew with cannellini beans and broccolini
- Autumn Coq au Vin with mashed potatoes and green beans
- Lamb and bacon stew
- Pappardelle with pork and mushroom ragu
- Mexican pulled pork with a coriander salad, sour cream and tortillas
- Warm chorizo and chickpea salad
- Warm Vietnamese Roast Chicken Noodle Salad
- Tagliatelle with leeks and parmesan
- Spaghetti with pancetta, basil and capsicum
- Warm bacon, kumara, bean and blue cheese salad
- Chicken and pea risotto
- Thai yellow chicken curry
- Smoky chilli chicken burger with rocket, lemon mayo and ciabatta
- Slow cooked Beef in red wine w/parsnip and kumara mash and green beans
- Lao/Northern Thai Pork Larb
- Bacon, spinach and blue cheese pasta
- Pea, spinach and parmesan risotto
- Spanish one pan dish with chicken, chorizo, beans and roast potato
- Oven baked chicken with smoky devilled beans
- Springtime Goodness Soup
- Spicy yoghurt roasted chicken thighs
- Japanese RWC inspired Edamame Chicken Salad with Wasabi Vinaigrette
- Festive season "easy" lamb with baby potatoes and peas
- Vietnamese barbequed pork fillet with peanut sauce
- Spaghetti with courgettes, chilli and parmesan
- My summer/autumn Ratatouille
- Seniors@work Chicken Salad du Chef
- Martha’s Salade Niçoise
- Vietnamese Grilled Chicken with Salad
- Spaghetti with leeks, peas and pesto
- Our family Chilli Con Carne
- Autumnal Potato and Pumpkin Soup
- Roasted vegetables with feta and baby spinach
- Hungarian Goulash
- Anglo-Indian Cottage Pie
- Beef cheek and mushroom Ragu (with pappardelle)
- Roasted Cauliflower and Blue Cheese Soup
- Pasta e Fagioli (Italian pasta and beans)
- Warm Lamb, Beetroot and Chickpea Salad
- Sicilian Sausage Soup
- “Sicilian” Anchovy, Tomato and Feta Tart
- Beef Rendang
- Asparagus and Pancetta (or bacon) Pasta
- Prosciutto, Nectarine and Rocket Salad
- Lockdown/ "leftovers" Pasta Salad
- Fresh Fig, Pancetta and Baby Rocket Salad with Goat Cheese
- Balinese Chicken Curry
- Duck breast with white beans, baby spinach and sage
- Red Wine Braised Beef with Mashed Potatoes and Peas
- Chicche Di Patate with Beef Ragu
- Chicken and mushroom risotto
- Spaghetti alla Carbonara
- Blue Cheese Pasta with Spinach and Walnuts
- Baked eggplant with chickpeas and yoghurt
- Warm Chicken, Haloumi and Avocado Salad
- Asparagus pasta - three simple ways
- Beef cheeks in red wine
- Classic Eggplant Parmigiana
Health and Wellbeing
Clearly as we get older it is important to look after ourselves as best we can, both mentally and physically. I am no expert, so aside from these introductory comments, I will certainly not be contributing – all that I would state personally is that I try to have a good 60 minute walk 4-5 times each week, enjoy fresh air as much as possible and try to eat in a “healthy” way with reasonable balance of food including fruit and vegetables…seems to work for me!
You can find these as blog posts under the category of "Health and Wellbeing." The contributions will either be from “experts” and professionals whom we have invited to submit useful information for seniors, or pieces we have seen and enjoyed which are on the internet.
We hope that you find them informative and useful.
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